Rafomac News, Tech & Trends That MatterBeast of Reincarnation’s sprawling first zone can quickly overwhelm with its many systems and menus. But mastering early upgrades for weapons, skills, and your home base can give you the edge you need to conquer its challenges.
Why Upgrading Your Weapons Early Matters
One of the quickest wins in Beast of Reincarnation is upgrading your swords and bows. Amber, the game’s main currency found in chests, around orange butterflies, and coral, fuels these upgrades. Whenever you rest at a campsite, your menu will signal if you have enough amber to boost your weapon’s base damage or expand your quiver. Early and frequent upgrades ensure your attacks stay powerful against escalating foes.
Initially, you can only upgrade each weapon once until you bolster your home base. Still, riding this boost early puts you on a stronger footing as you explore.
Boosting Emma and Ku: Where to Spend Attribute Points
Your experience bar fills with every battle, and with each level gained, you earn attribute points. Use these points to enhance strength, vitality, and fluorescence—roughly translating to attack power, health and mobility, and special abilities. Waiting too long to spend these points slows your progress, so invest them as soon as you can when resting at camp.
Before leveling, peek at the skill screen. Many skills require specific attribute thresholds, so plan your path thoughtfully to unlock new abilities effectively. Both Emma and Ku gain experience evenly, so keep both characters progressing in tandem.
Using Skill Points to Hone Your Playstyle
Skill points are a separate resource you accumulate through exploration and combat. Unlike attribute points, these are best spent in batches during camp rests. Both characters have skill trees centered on core skills that unlock branches with upgrades. Pick moves that complement your combat style—whether it’s quick attacks, defense, or special buffs.
Resting Reveals Hidden Equipment Benefits
Emma and Ku can equip spirit stones and charms to boost stats and trigger battle buffs. You’ll find these accessories scattered across the world, sometimes appearing as ‘rusted’ or unknown items. Resting at camp instantly restores them, revealing their true potential. Emma’s capacity for spirit stones depends on her armor and can reach up to six slots, while Ku can equip one charm at a time. Equip accessories that enhance your preferred tactics, paying close attention to secondary effects that can turn the tide in fights.
Leveling the Cleanse Walker Unlocks Powerful Perks
Special resources—like colored skulls and memory chips—found near strongboxes and defeated golems allow you to upgrade the cleanse walker. Each color represents a stat: blue for power, orange for calculations, and green for knowledge. Upgrading unlocks perks such as weapon improvements, new research, spirit stone duplication, and cooking recipes. Stop by the cleanse walker often to spend these resources, relax, and get back into the story.
Cooking Means Permanent Stat Gains
After collecting key items late in the first zone, you’ll trigger a sequence that awakens Kagura, who can cook for your party. The dishes provide minor yet permanent boosts, effectively granting extra level-ups just by resting. Accessing cooking early and investing in it pays dividends, especially during tougher battles. It’s a side system worth exploring alongside combat upgrades.
Find the Zangetsu Bow for Long-Range Combat
When you receive a quest marker for Sub-City 1, it’s worth heading there quickly. Clearing this area rewards you with the Zangetsu Bow, an essential long-range weapon. Emma’s initial crossbow suits close combat, but the Zangetsu offers sniping capabilities, letting you pick off distant foes, flying adversaries, and out-of-reach amber crystals. Plus, it can use elemental arrows, adding versatility to combat.
Unlocking the Light Mech Blade and Acid Bolts
Venture to the cliffside village in the western part of the zone and fight through to a rusted keeper golem who lets you choose a map marker. Pick the new weapon option to discover the Light Mech Blade atop the nearby riverside tower. This sword deals rupture damage, extra effective against foes sporting the rupture icon.
Then, consult the keeper golem again to pin the Acid Bolts location. After braving a deadly elite enemy in the Quarry area and overcoming its corrosive blade, you’ll earn the Acid Bolt Manual. Equipping these bolts on your crossbow lets you melt enemy armor, a game-changer against tougher opponents.
The game’s elemental system and parrying mechanics add depth to combat, rewarding players who invest the time to learn them. These early steps help you build a solid foundation and unlock critical tools that shape your experience moving forward.
